Himachal Pradesh Gazette, No. 220, 28 January 2010

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राजपत्र, हिमाचल प्रदेशराजपत्र, हिमाचल प्रदेशराजपत्र, हिमाचल प्रदेशराजपत्र, हिमाचल प्रदेश हिमाचल प्रदेश राज्य शासन द्वारा प्रकाशित हिमाचल प्रदेश राज्य शासन द्वारा प्रकाशित हिमाचल प्रदेश राज्य शासन द्वारा प्रकाशित हिमाचल प्रदेश राज्य शासन द्वारा प्रकाशित

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हिमाचल प्रदेश सरकारहिमाचल प्रदेश सरकारहिमाचल प्रदेश सरकारहिमाचल प्रदेश सरकार

GENERAL ADMINISTRATION DEPARTMENT

SECTION-A

NOTIFICATION

Shimla-2 the 27th January, 2010

No. GAD-(F) 9-6/2009.—In continuation of this Department notification of even number dated 9th September, 2009, the Governor, Himachal Pradesh is pleased to declare 30th January, 2010 as Gazetted Holiday in place of Restricted Holiday on account of Guru Ravi Dass Birthday to the employees working in all Government offices/Boards/Corporations/Educational Institutions in Himachal Pradesh. This will also be a holiday under Section 25 of Negotiable Instrument Act. of 1881 and also to daily wage employees.

By order, ASHA SWARUP, Chief Secretary. 220-राजपत्र/2010-28-1-2010 (6439)6440 राजपत्र, हिमाचल प्रदेश, 28 जनवरी, 2010/8 माघ, 1931 FOREST DEPARTMENT

NOTIFICATIONS

Shimla-2, the, 23rd January, 2010

No. FFE-B-C (1) -13/2006.—The Governor, Himachal Pradesh is pleased to promulgate the following rules regulating the payment of the Grant-in-aid to the HP Zoos & Conservation Breeding Society, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh.

Rule-1. Short Title & Commencement.—(i) These rules may be called "Rules regulating payment of grant-in-aid to the HP Zoos & Conservation Breeding Society, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh" Executive Agency to the above Society namely, Zoos & Rescue Division, Shimla, Wildlife Division, Hamirpur, Kullu, Sarahan & Shimla or any other branch of the society for its activities.

(ii) These shall come into force immediately after the date of its issue .

Rule-2. Definition.—In these rules unless there is anything repugnant to the subject to contents:

(i) "Chief Executive Officer-cum-Member Secretary" means Chief Conservator of Forest (PA and Biod), Shimla-cum-CEO of the HP Zoos & Conservation Breeding Society, Shimla Himachal Pradesh.

(ii) "Department" means the Himachal Pradesh Forest Department.

(iii) "Government" means Government of Himachal Pradesh.

(iv) "Revenue" means the revenue administered by the Government of Himachal Pradesh.

(v) "Secretary" means the Secretary to the Govt. of HP in the HP Forest Department. (vi) Society means "HP Zoos & Conservation Breeding Society (HPZCBS), Shimla Himachal Pradesh".

Rule-3. Source of Grantin-Aid.—The society shall raise funds with the approval of the competent authority.

(i) Grant in aid from HP Government/ Govt. of India (ii) Grants from Central Zoo Authority (iii) Donations from Institutes/Organizations/Public or Private Sectors (iv) Income from entry fee to Zoos, sale of merchandise, license fees from franchise etc. (v) Income from deposits in Nationalized Banks. (vi) Project based funding from National /International Donor Agencies. (vii) Any other source approved by the Government.

Rule-4. Purpose of Grant in aid.—The purpose of Grant in aid is for the furtherance of the objectives of the Society under the various activities of HP Zoos & Conservation Breeding Society, Shimla Himachal Pradesh. The assistance in shape of grant-in-aid would be meant for expenditure on operational works such as animal feeding, maintenance of zoos/breeding centers, Pheasantries, expenditure on monkey sterilization, equipment, buildings, office contingency, Wages of contractual/daily wages staff, POL of Society vehicles, etc and for any other activities of "HP Zoosराजपत्र, हिमाचल प्रदेश, 28 जनवरी, 2010/8 माघ, 1931 6441 & Conservation Breeding Society, Shimla Himachal Pradesh" through its Executing Agencies subject to availability of funds and for such other purposes as may be decided by the Govt. from time to time.

Rule-5. Mode of Payment of Grant in aid.—The amount of grant in aid will be sanctioned by the Govt. of HP subject to the availability of funds on receipt of a written request from the PCCF (WL) cum CWLW, H.P. indicating the purpose for which it is required. Normally a self contained proposal containing the demands for the whole year shall be furnished alongwith budget estimates for scrutiny of the Govt. prior to sanction. The Grant-in-aid shall be deposited in the account of Chief Executive Officer-cum-Member Secretary, HP Zoo Conservation Breeding Society Shimla who will further release the same to respective DFOs / in charge Zoo's or any other branch of Society. DFOs Wild life / In charge Zoos or any other branch of the Society will open their Account in any of the Nationalized bank on behalf of the Society. The DFO will withdraw the money only after obtaining necessary approval from concerned CF.

Rule-6. Condition for sanction of grant in aid.—The sanction of the grant in aid shall be subject to the following condition:

(i) That the Zoos & Rescue Division, Shimla, Wildlife Divisions, Hamirpur, Kullu, Sarahan & Shimla or any other branch of the society shall function smoothly.

(ii) The grant in aid shall be utilized by all branches of the society within financial year. For utilizing the unspent balance of the grant-in-aid beyond that period all branches of the society will have to obtain approval of the Executive Committee for revalidation of unspent balance of grant in aid.

(iii) The PCCF (WL) –cum- CWLW, H.P. or Govt. shall have right to check up the accounts of the Chief Executive Officer-cum-Member Secretary, HP Zoo Conservation Breeding Society and all other branches of the society to satisfy that the grant-in-aid has been spent as per the canons of financial propriety and for the purpose for which it has been sanctioned. In case it is found that grant- in- aid has been misutilised; it will be open to govt. to recover that aid from the person at fault and further payment may be stopped.

(iv) The assets acquired wholly or substantially out of Govt. grants would not without the prior sanction of Govt. be disposed off, encumbered or utilized for purposes other than those for which grants are sanctioned. All the branches of the society shall maintain a register in respect of permanent and semi permanent assets acquired wholly or mainly out of Govt. grant. This register would be maintained by all branches of the society separately in respect of each sanctioning authority to whom a copy there of would be furnished annually for permanent record. The assets would be taken to mean all "immovable and movable property of the Capital nature where the value exceeds Rs. 2000/-." The library books and articles of furniture will not, however, be included in it.

Rule-7. Maintenance of accounts and Submission of Utilization Certificate.—(i) The Chief Executive Officer-cum-Member Secretary, HP Zoo Conservation Breeding Society Shimla and all other branches of the society shall maintain its accounts and record as per the prevailing pattern of the Forest department/ directions issued by the Chief Wildlife Warden from time to time and the same shall be open to the inspection by the nominee(s) so deputed by the Govt. An un- audited Utilization Certificate in respect of grant-in-aid released to them will be furnished by all branches of the society in respect of grant-in-aid released to them by the 31st April next year, as per form in Annexure-"A" to the CEO.

(ii) The accounts in respect of grant-in-aid released to the Zoos & Rescue Division, Shimla, Wildlife Divisions, Hamirpur, Kullu, Sarahan & Shimla or any other branch of the society for various activities during a particular financial year will be furnished by them to CEO HP Zoos & Conservation Breeding Society, Shimla Himachal Pradesh at the close of the financial year.

(iii) The accounts of the Chief Executive Officer-cum-Member Secretary, HP Zoo Conservation Breeding Society Shimla, and all other branches of the society shall be audited by the Govt. Agencies such as L.A.D., A.G.(Audit) or authorized Charted Accountant of the State by the next financial year in order to ensure proper utilization of the amount of grant in aid released. Thereafter, the HP Zoos & Conservation Breeding Society, Shimla Himachal Pradesh will submit one copy of the audited utilization certificate in respect of each activity to the Chairman HPZCBS and Pr.CCF(WL) HP.

The grant in aid for the particular year will be released by the Govt. as per the proposal after the receipt of Utilization Certificate furnished by the Chief Conservator of Forests, (Protected areas and Bio-diversity) -cum-Chief Executive Officer-cum-Member Secretary of the previous grant in aid sanctioned.

Rule-8. Miscellaneous.—In order to ascertain the utilization of funds released to various branches of the society for various activities, Chief Conservator of Forests, (Protected areas and Bio-diversity) Shimla-cum- Chief Executive Officer-cum-Member Secretary shall also furnish a quarterly payment and physical progress report to the Pr.CCF (WL)HP.

Rule-9. Head of Account.—The expenditure on account of payment of grant in aid is to be charged under the head 2406 Forestry & Wildlife-(Plan)-02-Environmental Forestry and Wildlife-111-Zoological Park-02-SOON-41-GRANTS-IN-AID.

These rules has been issued with the prior concurrence of Finance department obtained vide their Dy. No. 51274231 and File No. Fin(C) (A) (3) 6/2006 dated 08-12-2009 with condition that no staff liabilities will be created by the society, which makes the society, operations ineffective and created a recurring liability on the state Govt. The GIA Rules should enable that the society to achieve its primary objectives. Accordingly department may issue GIA Rules. There will be no commitment of Govt. of HP to give grant-in-aid.

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Shimla-2, the, 16th Dec, 2009

No. FFE-B-C (2) -1/2008.—The Governor, Himachal Pradesh is pleased to promulgate the following rules regulating the payment of the Grant-in-aid to the Natural Resource Management Training & Development Society, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh.

1. Short Title and Commencement.—(i) These rules may be called Rules regulating payment of the grant-in-aid to the Natural Resource Management Training& Development Society, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Executing Agencies to the above Society are Forestry Training Institute Sundernagar, Distt. Mandi and Forestry Training Institute Chail, Distt. Solan.

(ii) These rules shall come into force immediately.

2. Definition In these rules unless there is any thing repugnant to the subject or contents:

(i) "Member Secretary" means the Member Secretary of the Natural Resource Management Training & Development Society, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh – cum-CCF (Training & Establishment), Shimla, H.P.

(ii) "Department" means the Forest Department of Government of HP.

(iii) "Government" means the Govt. of H. P. in the Department of Forests, H.P. (iv) "Revenue" means the revenue administered by the H.P. Govt.

(v) "Secretary" means the Secretary to the Govt. of H.P. in the Department of Forests, H.P.

(vi) "Society" means Natural Resource Management Training & Development Society, (NRMTDS), Shimla, H.P. comprising of Forestry Training Institute Sundernagar, Distt. Mandi and Forestry Training Institute Chail, Distt. Solan.

3. Purpose of Grant-in-aid.—The purpose of grant-in-aid is for the furtherance of the objectives of the Society under various training activities of the Natural Resource Management Training & Development Society, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The assistance in the shape of grant- in-aid would be meant for expenditure on additional expenses related to supply of reading/training materials to trainees, payment of Honorarium & Travel Expenses to guest faculty, conduct of examinations, upkeep of facilities (classroom/hostel/mess/playgrounds etc.) expenses on organizing tours, passing expenses of buses besides regular training expenses etc. by the executing agencies of the Society subject to availability of funds and for such other purposes as may be decided by the Govt. from time to time.

4. Mode of payment of grant-in-aid.—The amount of grant-in-aid shall be sanctioned by the Govt. subject to availability of funds on receipt of a written request from the Society through CCF(Training & Establishment) indicating the purpose for which it is required. Normally, a self contained proposal containing the demands of whole year shall be furnished by the executing agencies of the Society to the APCCF (Administration & HRD)/ CCF (Training & Establishment) H.P.Shimla by 30th May of each year, for scrutiny of the Govt. prior to sanction.

5. Condition for sanction of the grant-in-aid.—The sanction of the grant-in-aid shall be subject to the following condition:

(i) That Society shall function smoothly.

(ii) The grant shall be utilized by the executing agencies of the Society within one year from the date of its payment. For utilizing the unspent balance of the grant-in-aid after the period of one year, the Society shall have to obtain approval of the Government. (iii) That the Govt. shall have right to check the accounts of the executing agencies of the Society to satisfy that the grant-inaid has been spent for the purpose for which it has been sanctioned. In case it is found that the grant-in-aid has been misutilized, it will be open to the Govt. to recover the aid from the Society and to stop further payment.

(iv) The account of the executing agencies of the Society will be audited by the Chartered Accountant or any other agency appointed by the Society.

(v) The accounts of the executing agencies of the Society will also be audited by the Accountant General HP as required under Section 14 (1) of the Comptroller and Auditor General Act, 1971.

(vi) The assets acquired wholly or substantially out of Govt. grants would not without the prior sanction of the Govt. be disposed off, encumbered or utilized for purposes other than those for which grants are sanctioned. The executing agencies of the Society shall maintain a register in the form as Annexure-"A" in respect of the permanent and semi permanent assets acquired wholly or mainly out of Govt. grants separately in respect of each sanctioning authority to whom a copy thereof shall be furnished annually for permanent record. The assets would be taken to mean all immovable and movable property of the capital nature where the value exceeds Rs.1000/-. The library books and articles of furniture will not, however, be included in it.

6. Maintenance of Accounts and Submission of Utilization Certificate.—(i) The executing agencies of the Society shall maintain its accounts and records and the same will be open to inspection by the nominee(s) so deputed by the Govt.

(ii) An un-audited utilization certificate will be furnished by the executing agencies of the Society in respect of grant-in-aid released to it during a particular year, by the 15th April of next year, as per form in Annexure-"B" to the sanctioning authority, who will furnish the same to the Accountant General H.P.

(iii) The accounts in respect of the grant-in-aid released to the Society for various training activities during a particular financial year under various schemes will be furnished by the executing agencies of the Society to the A.G.H.P. and Pr. CCF, HP by the end of September of succeeding year of the sanction of grant-in-aid.

(iv) The account of the executing agencies of the Society shall be audited by the Chartered Accountant or any other agency approved by the Society before December next in order to ensure proper utilization of the amount of the grant-in-aid released by the department to the executing agencies of the Society. Thereafter, Society will submit one copy of the audited utilization certificate in respect of each activity to the Chairman NRMTDS and Pr.CCF.

The quarterly instalment in respect of grant-in-aid for the particular year will be released by the Government on the basis of un-audited utilization certificate furnished by the executing agencies of the Society.

7. Miscellaneous.—In order to ascertain the utilization of funds released to the Society by the Department under various training activities, the CCF(Training & Establishment)-cum- Member Secretary shall also furnish a quarterly progress report to the Chairman NRMTDS, PCCF, H.P. and APCCF(Administration & HRD).

8. Head of Account.—The expenditure on account of payment of grant-in- aid is to be charged under Demand No-16 Major head 2406-Forestry and Wild Life-01-Forestry-001-Direction & Administration-03-SOON-Subordinate Training-SOE-41-Graint-in-Aid.

These rules has been issued with the prior concurrence of Finance department obtained vide their Dy. No. 51213405 and File No. Fin(C) A(3) 6 /2009 dated 05-10-09.

By order. Sd/- Addl. Chief Secretary.

ANNEXURE-(A)

ASSETS ACQUIRED WHOLLY OR SUBSTANTIALLY OUT OF

GOVERNMENT GRANTS

ANNEXURE-(B)

FORM OF UTILIZATION CERTIFICATE

Certified that out of Rs.________________of Grant- in-aid sanctioned during the year_______in favour of_____________ under this department letter No. given in the margin and Rs._______________ on account of previous balance of the previous year, a sum of Rs.______________ has been utilized for the purpose of____________________for which it was sanctioned and that the balance of Rs.__________________ remaining un- utilized on the end of the year shall be utilized during the next financial year with the prior approval of the Government.

2. Certified that I have satisfied that the conditions on which the grant-in-aid was sanctioned, have been duly fulfilled/are being fulfilled and that I have exercised the following checks to see that the money was actually utilized for the purpose for which it was sanctioned.

Kinds of checks exercised:

1.____________________ 2.____________________ 3.____________________ 4.____________________ 5.____________________

Signature---------------- Designation------------ Dated-------------------

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